Compare and contrast Hobbes’s and Locke’s conceptions of the social contract. Compare and contrast Burke’s and Wollstonecraft’s theoretical conclusions about the French Revolution.

Essay Questions:

Please choose one of the questions below. In writing your essay, make sure to engage critically with the thinkers’ work, assessing their comparative merits and limitations.

Compare and contrast Hobbes’s and Locke’s conceptions of the social contract.

Compare and contrast Burke’s and Wollstonecraft’s theoretical conclusions about the French Revolution.

Compare and contract Mill’s and Marx’s understanding of individual rights and their value for human flourishing.

Compare and contrast Gandhi’s and Nehru’s visions of Indian independence.